The thousand autumns of Jacob de Zoet
Mitchell, David (David Stephen)2011
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In your hands is a place like no other: a tiny, man-made island in the bay of Nagasaki, for two hundred years the sole gateway between Japan and the West. Here, in the dying days of the 18th century, a young Dutch clerk arrives to make his fortune. Instead, he loses his heart. Step onto the streets of Dejima and mingle with scheming traders, spies, interpreters, servants and concubines as two cultures converge. In a tale of integrity and corruption, passion and power, the key is control - of riches and minds, and over death itself.
Main title:
The thousand autumns of Jacob de Zoet / David Mitchell.
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Imprint:
London : Sceptre, 2011.
Collation:
560 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2010.
ISBN:
9780340921586 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92HIS
Language:
English
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BRN:
978492
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